Machine for shocking grain.



No. 656,280. Patented Aug. 2|, |900. T. A. WODLEY & H. FOX.

MACHINE FOR SHOCK1NG GRAIN.

(Application filed Dec. 6, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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.T. A.. WOOLEY H. FOX. MACHINE FOR SHOCKING GRAIN.

(Application led Dec. 8, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

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UNITED V'Stainsv PATENT OFFICE..

THOMAS ARTHUR WOOLEY AND HERBERT FOX, OF HAMILTON, CANADA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF TO ADAM ZIMMERMAN, OF SAME PLACE, AND

ARTHUR ERNEST OSLER, OF TORONTO, CANADA MACHINE Foav sHocKlNe GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,280, dated August 21, 1900.

l Application iiled December 6, 1899. Serial No. 739,360. (No model.)

To cr/ZZ whom, iv' may concern.'

Be it known that we, THOMAS ARTHUR WOOLEY and'HERBERT Fox, citizens of Can ada, residing at. Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth and Province of Ontario, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Shocking Grain; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such 1o as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invent-ion relates to improvements in machines for shocking grain, in which a frame with sheaf-receiving carrier is attached to a grain-reaper and binder-machine in such a manner as to allow the sheaves from the said binder to be placed on said carrier in avertical position-that is, the butt-ends downward by means of certain curved guide-rods ze secured to the binder; and the objects of our improvements are, Iirst, to provide a machine attached to a binder in such a mannerthat the said binder shall be capable of proper adjustment to suit the different lengths of grain and z5 also the varying high and low ground without interfering with the relative position of the shocking-machine to the ground drivewheel of the binder; second, to provide means for placing the sheaves horizontally delivered 3o by the binder to a vertical position on thev carrier ofthe shocker. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a plan of the framework of a shocking-machine attached to a reaper and binder in diagrammatic plan and means for guiding the sheaves lying in a horizontal position on the binder to a vertical postion on vthe carrier of the shocker, the incline sheaf- 4o deck of the binder being merely outlined in order not to hide the mechanism beneath. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, showinga sheaf being guided'onto the shocker. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the framework and the sheaf-carrier ofthe shocker, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the shocking-machine-carrying device as seen connected principally to the axle of a binder-machine.

Similar characters refer to similar parts 5o throughout the several views.'

1frame is attached to the sheaf-discharge side of the binder by means of the transverse supporting bar or tube O, on which the sheaf-rercei\ fi11g end of the frame A is supported and secured thereto. The inner end of this bar C 6o extends upward through the binder-frame and is widened out at the top and concaved, as at 2, to have a proper bearing to iit against the under part of the stationary axle D of the binder ground drive-wheel E and against the shoulder formed by the hub H. This axle fits into brackets or housings F and G of the the binder-frame. This coneaved part 2 of the bar C fits against the hub H of the wheel E to retain said bar in position. The upper 7o bracket J of the shocker-carrying device is also concaved, as at 3, to fit on the said axle of the wheel E and against its hub H in like manner as the upturned end of the bar C at 2. This bracket J extends a distance on leachside of the hub H, and both ends extend `vertically upward a distance apart from each other to act as a stationary side brace and vsteadying support for the bar O when the said bar O is braced to the upper partsof the said 8o `vertical extensions, as at 4. This support C is braced by means of the double brace-rod K,

which is secured to the vertical end of the bracket J, as at 4, and to the bar O at 5, where the double rod K joins together as one. 8 5 M is an angle-iron brace on the top of the wheel-axle guide F and acts as an outer stay for the bracket J and is a part o f the binderframe, as is also the axle-guide G on the opposite side of the wheel E. These axle-guides 9o F and G, together with the brace M and the frame B, are capable of being raised and lowered and are a part of the mechanism of the binder which we do not claim.

N is the inclined sheaf-deck of the binder, and O is the horizontal knotter-shaft,which is operated in its horizontal bearing P, which forms a part of the lower supporting part R, which is a part of the binder. On this deck Nthe sheaves are formed and bound and are roo binding mechanism.

In order to guide the bound sheaf from a horizontal position and from the deck N, a

suitably-curved guide-rod Uis secured to the forward outer part G of the breast-plate T, and a suitably-curved upper stay branch V of said guide Uis secured to a lug 7 of the binderknotter-shaft bearing P. The lower and rear sheaf-guiding rod XV is also suitably curved toward the rear and upward and is secured at S1 to the binder-deck N and between the middle and rear discharge-arms S of the binder. The guide-rod U, with its branch Y, is located between the two forward arms S of the binder.

The butt-end of the sheaf is located at the forward end of the binder and is seen in broken line X to show the purpose of the guide-rods in Fig. 2 of the drawings and in the act of being positioned from a horizontal shea-f to a vertical sheaf on the receiving end of the carrier Y of the shocker by the power of the arms S of the binder. The sheaves being changed from a horizontal to a vertical position by the power of the discharge-arms S of the binder, the butt-end of the sheaf is carried on the plate Z, which is secured to the discharging side of the deck N of the binder and located above the receiving end of the shocker. At this changing of position of the sheaves the butt-end of the sheaf is on the plate Z and is guided to vertical position by the under side of the guide-rod U, while the grain end of the sheat' is guided upward to vertical position by the upper side of the guide-rod W and landed on the carrier of the shocker in a vertical position by the power and force of the discharge-arms S,which gives the sheaves sufeient momentum to attain to this vertical position. The outline X of a sheaf is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings as discharged and being guided to vertical position by the power of the discharge-arms S and by means of the guide-rods U and lV of the binder. The lower part of the sheaf is broken away, so as not to interfere with this view of the shocker. The sheaf-carrier Y is located at the sheaf-receiving end of the shock-machine and is supported obliquely by the frame A by means of side brackets 8 and 9, which are secured to said frame and to the sides 10 of the carrier. v

The carrieris higher at the receiving end than the discharging end and is revolved by means of the lower transverse shaft 13 in bearings 9 of the frame. This carrier is preferably inclined, as stated, to facilitate the carrying of the sheaves toward the discharging end of the shocker. The inner end of the transverse shaft 13 is supplied with a gearwheel or sprocket-wheel 14 to receive continuous power from the binder by means of mechanism. The receiving end of the carrier is supplied with belt or sprocket wheels 15 on studs 16 of the sides 10, and the shaft 13 is supplied with belt or sprocket wheels 17. The belt or chain 18 runs on these wheels and carries the transverse slats of the sheafcarrier Y, which are secured to said belts or chains and revolve with the same toward the discharge end of the shocker. To prevent the stub ends of the butts of the sheaves from protruding too far through the spaces formed by the transverse slats of the carrier, a board 1S) is provided in proximity to the under side of the carrier and extends as far as possible in the carrier without interfering with the revolutions of the carrier. This board eX- tends transversely from one side 10 to the other side 10 of the carrier Y and is stat-ionary with said sides.

2O and 21 show the position of the vertical needle and knotter shafts, respectively, in their stationary columns4 22 and 23, and 211E shows the position of the sheafdividing board, the sheaf-receiving end of which is pivoted at 25, which is controlled by mechanism at the reception of each sheaf.

The casterwheels 26 support the discharging end of the shock-machine frame A.

It will be observed that the framework of the shocker and the revolving carrier therein will be positioned to the discharging side of a binder to attain the proper results, as set forth.

The side rails 27 of the shocker are secured to the brackets S of the frame A and to the columns 22 and 23, as at 28, as seen in Fig. 3 of the drawings. One of these side rails are shown only in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

It will be noticed that the sheaf-guiding rods U and XV will be of sufficient length and of proper curvatures and will project over the shockersufciently to accomplish their object of placing the sheaves successively in vertical position on the carrier and at the same time offer no obstruction to the sheaves passing along toward the discharging end of the shocking-machine and forming a shock.

Vtfhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shocking-machine attachment to the discharge side of the binder, comprising a transverse bar, or tube, the binder end of said bar turned to vertical positionand concaved to lit against the under side of the stationary axle of the binder and between thc hub of the ground-wheel and the axle-housings, thereof, a bracket fitting on the top of said axle and against said hub, vertical ends to said bracket a distance apart, a double brace-rod secured to the ends of the bracket and to the lower transverse bar to support the receiving end of a shocking-machine, independently to the adjustment of the binder, as described.

2. A shocking-machine attachment to the discharge side of a binder comprising a transverse support, the binder end of said support extended vertically to t to the under side of IOO IIO

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the stationary axle of the ground-wheel and the end of the hub, a bracket extending across and iitting on the said axle and against the said end of hub and between the binder-frame and the wheel, vertical extensions to the ends of said bracket, a double brace-rod secured to said vertical extensions, and apart, the lower end of said brace-rod secured to the said transverse bar to support the same, the receiving end of a shocking-machine frame secured on the outer part of said transverse bar, as described.

3. In a binder-machine, sheaf-guide rods secured to the discharge side of the binder and above the inclined sheaf-deck thereof, the forward said rod formed with stay branch and outwardly and upwardly and then downwardly curved to guide the butt-end of the discharged sheaf downward, in combination with the rear guide-rod positioned and suitably curved upward and to the rear to guide the head of the sheaf upward and place the same in a vertical position on the carrier of a shocker by the power of the dischargingarms of the binder.

4. A binder and shocker comprising sheafguide rods secured tothe discharge side of a binder, the forward rod with its stay branch positioned at the discharge side of the forward discharge-arms of the binder, and said rod extending over the attached shocker, said rod being outwardly and upwardly and then downwardly curved to guide the butt-end of the discharged sheaf downward, an inclineplate secured to the discharge side of the binder and forward of said guide-rod and extending to the shocker to receive the buttend of the sheaf, the rear sheaf-guide rod positioned at the discharge side of the middle and the rear discharge-arms of the binder, and extending over the shocker, said rod being upwardly and rearwardly curved to guide the head of the sheaf upward in vertical position by the power of the discharge-arms of the binder.

5. In a shocking-machine, a transverse bar or tube for supporting the receiving end of the machine, said bar or tube, engaging the under part of the stationaryaxle of the drivewheel of a binder, and at the discharging side of the binder, a bracket having upwardly-extending ends, stay-rods connecting said transverse bar to the upper extended ends of the bracket, said bracket supported on and by the said stationary axle and against the hub of said wheel, a carrier at the receiving end of said machine, and in oblique position inclining downward toward the discharging end thereof, slats on said carrier, supportingbrackets secured to the frame of the shocker and to the sides of said carrier and a shaft supported by the brackets, carrier-sprockets on said shaft, a gear or sprocket wheel secured on said shaft, at the binder end, to conneet to binder mechanism and receive continuous power, side studs at the receiving end of the carrier to support the carriersprockets, a board between the sides of the carrier and beneath the sheaf-carrying slats thereof and an incline-plate secured to the deck of-the binder and projecting to the receiving end of the shocker to carry the buttends of the sheaves when being changed from a horizontal to vertical position, as described.

In testimony whereof we afix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS ARTHUR WOOLEY. HERBERT FOX.

Witnesses:

J onN H. HENDRY, L. E. GEORGE. 

